300 new cases of Coronavirus were recorded in Nigeria on Sunday, November 8, as confirmed by the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC).
A breakdown of the new cases is as follows; Lagos-255, FCT-27, Oyo-10, Kaduna-5, Ondo-2, Kano-1.
There are now 64,090 confirmed cases of Coronavirus in the country and 1,154 deaths have been recorded. 59,910 patients who recovered from the disease have also been discharged.
The murder case against 5-year-old Hanifa Abubakar has been adjourned to February 9, 2022, by the Kano State Magistrates’ Court. The prosecution counsel, led by Barr. Aisha Mahmud, said that the court lacked the jurisdiction to continue with the case and therefore requested the court to remand the four suspects in prison custody for a…
The Lagos State Government has announced that it will be closing down Third Mainland Bridge for 2 weeks. Lagos State Commissioner for Transportation, Dr. Frederic Oladeinde said no vehicular movement will be allowed on the bridge from midnight on January 15 to 12 midnight, January 29 to allow the completion of rehabilitation and maintenance of the…
Minister of Health, Osagie Ehanire had a briefing with the senate leadership in Abuja on Tuesday, December 22, where he disclosed that the federal government needs N400 billion for COVID-19 vaccines. Ehanire said that the federal government is ready for a COVID-19 vaccine that will save lives, but N400 billion would be required to vaccinate 70 percent…
The Police in Delta State has arrested three suspected child traffickers. They also recovered a 2-month-old baby allegedly sold out by the traffickers in Igbodo Community, Aniocha North Local Government Area. The suspects were arrested following information by one Kelvi Anyia of Qushi Quarters in Onicha-Ugbo Community that his twenty-year-old girlfriend, Ogechi Godwin gave birth…
A man who posed as an oil magnate to defraud an American citizen has been sentenced to a total number of 175 years imprisonment. Justice A. T. Mohammed of the Federal High Court in Port Harcourt, Rivers State, found Dr Vincent Ayigor guilty of duping an American, Joseph Crews, the sum of $ 629,287 in…
$723m (£551m) has been approved by the Word Bank for Ukraine. The money approved as loans and grants is to support the country as it battles Russian invaders. The bank said it is continuing to work on another $3bn package of support in the coming months for the country if the war continues to escalate….